Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-15
PRELIMINARY announcement
OF THE
Capay Valley Land Company.

Prior to the location of the line of the
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Rail-
road, the Capay Valley Land Company, a
corporation composed chiefly of the Direc-
tors and Officers Of the Southern Pacific
Company, purchased on the line OF the
proposed road. and chiefly in Capay Val
lev itself, through which the road is being
extended from Madison in Yolo county
several large bodies of the choicest lands to
be found in that beautiful and fertile val
lev. The construction of the Woodland,
Capav and Clear Lake Railroad is being
pushed with great energy. and will reach
verv early completion. The line of this
road passes Immediately through the lands
owned by the Capay Valley Land Com
n which lands will be Immediately sub
divided into small tracts, several town sites
established and the lands and the town
property placed on the market.
Capay Valley is located on the western
side of Yolo county, mt is one OF the most
fertile and picturesque valleys on the Pa
ciic Coast. The lands in this valley have
heretofore been owned in large holdings;
the growing of wheat has been the chief
agricultural industry, which owing to the
great fertility of the soil, the warmth and
saluhrity of the climate, the heavy annual
precipitation of rain, and the perfect pro-
lection which the configuration of the val
ley affords against north winds, has proven
highly profitable. At intervals, however,
throughout tire valley, orchards may be
seen, and these experiments in the line of
horticulture have demonstrated the full ca
liabilities of the valley for the growth of
all citrus, semi-tropical and temperate
fruits. Orange and lemon trees of most
thrifty growth may be seen. in the gardens
and orchards. Grapes, apricots, figs,
pears. cherries, almonds, peaches, and all
the other fruits to be found in the most ia
vored localities, reach here to the greatest
perfection. The very earliest fruits and
vegetables appearing in San Francisco and
other markets are grown in this valley.
With respect to early production, Capay
Valley ranks fully with, if not superior to
the celebrated Vaca and Pleasant Valleys.
This fact alone c%onfers . very high premium
upon the lands to be Offered. The or.
chardist. the ~vineyardist and gardener oil
Capay Valley can place ripe fruits and
| vegetables in the San Francisco and Chi.
| cago markets at the high rate usually OBJ
CaludDle lOr early lIuiL, duu lioHi ioui
| to six weeks in advance of nearly every
other portion of the State Of California.
| Under completely analogous conditions in
| Vaca Valley, lands have reached a valua-
ton of 5000 an acre, and have proven highly
| profitable investments at that price. The
lands to be offered by the Capay Valley
| Land Company are in all respects equal in
| fertility, and lie under equal climatic adj
! vantages with the most favored orchard
| and garden lands of the State.
One of the leading objects of the pur.
chase of this land by a syndicate OF persons
| interested in the success OF the railroad to
be constructed was to secure the subdiyi-
| sion of the density of settlement. Keep
| ing this object steadily in view, of some OF
| the largest and most fertile tracts will be
| subdivided into ten and twenty-acre lots
and individuals will be strictly limited tc
the ownership of a single lot. Town site:
will be located as near to the center OF the
tracts as may be found convenient OF
| judicious, and the purchasers Of orchard oil
| garden land in small tracts will be per
| mitted to purchase not to exceed FIVE lots
| in the town site plats. In this way it il
| designed to establish populons and thriv.
| ing communities, whose growth and pros
pc ity shall be based upon small holdings
of very fertile and highly profitable lands
| Ten acres of this fertile land lying under
| climatic conditions so favorable to orchard
| and garden culture may be madeas profit
able and responsive to intelligent industry
as 100 or 800 acres of land devoted to the
growth of cereals. The very early matu
| rity of fruits and vegetables already al
luded to wilt secure to the cultivator the
highest market price, while the road to be
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and control of the owners of the land tt
be offered, will afford every facility for the
shipment of fruits and vegetables, and il
every respect promote the success of these
enterprises.
Geographically, Capay Valley lies inn.
mediately west of the beautiful and thriv
ing city of Woodland, the County Seat Of
Yolo county. Its trend is northwest ant
southeast, having a length of twenty-sis
miles and an aversge width of three miles
Cache Creek is a very considerable stream
of water, even at it's lowest stages, anC
every piece of land offered is either inter
sected or washed upon one of its bounda'
ries by this stream of clear, pure water
Gardens and orchards may be brought tc
the highest stage of perfection without ir
rigation. The annual rainfall is abundant
for all horticultural purposes, but should
irrigation be desired for the purpose OF
producing more than one crop of vegeta.
bles in a single season, or for the purpose
of producing perennial crops, abundant
water facilities are at hand for that pur-
| pose.
The line of the Woodland, Capay and
Clear Lake Railroad Company is being
graded from Madison, the present terminus
of the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake rail-
road, westward through tue valley, and
the road'will be equipped and in running
order at an early day through its entire
length. 1t is the design to offer these
lands ut rates and upon terms of payment
which will afford the highest encourage
ment to their actual occupation by a large
and Industrious class of people. Surveys
for town sites and subdivisions of these
large tracts of land are in progress, and
maps of such surveys are In preparation.
Owing to the large number Of inquiries con-
corning the intention of the Capay Valley
Land Company regarding these lands, this
preliminary announcement has been neces-
sary.
For further particulars and maps and
descriptive circulars, or for immediate in
formation, inquiry is directed to w. III.
MILLS, Land Agent Central Pacific
Railroad Company, corner of Fourth and